Education Children Cloth Book: Why Are Fine Motor Skills Important for Baby?

Why Are Fine Motor Skills Important for Baby?

Motor skills are the 3rd most importance elements for baby's brain development in the pyramid of learning.Fine motor movements are the actions performed with the small muscles in the hands, fingers and wrist. Whether your child is holding a pencil, holding a pair of scissors or putting clothes on her doll, she will require precise movements of her small muscles to accomplish her task satisfactorily.

Fine motor skills, as with gross motor skills, develop only through practice and more practice. And as small muscles repeat motions over and over and over again, those muscles remember the movement (called "muscle memory") and the movements become automatic. A prime example is seen in the process of learning to play a piece on the piano. At first the person slowly and methodically plods through each note and measure of the song. But with continued practice, eventually the piece is played smoothly and almost without thinking.

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Even in this age of technology, it is still important to be able to manipulate a pencil, pen or crayon with ease. Your child will need strong fine motor skills to hold a pencil correctly and to move the pencil in all the complicated ways required to draw letters and shapes with precision.

Using scissors correctly is another lifelong skill that is reliant on fine motor skills. Your child will need well-developed muscles in his thumb, index finger, middle finger and wrist to open and close the blades of the scissors.

Playing any musical instrument requires finely honed fine motor skills. And think about the demands on small fingers and hands when children play with video game controls and use cell phones and computer keypads. Those little fingers need to be able to move with precision! Even getting dressed and manipulating buttons and zippers requires strong fingers.